Wednesday, July 30, 2003


regional coffee cultures, part vii

"large franchise coffeeshops are becoming beloved places for friendly conversation."

is this seattle, london, vienna -- or seoul? that's right, it's seoul, korea. forget tea!

what's also interesting to me is that the editorial writer traces the lineage of coffee through english history, not italian. but he seems interested in the connection between coffee and political reform.

and this connection is profound in both england and the history of the united states, where early revolutionaries in the american colonies often organized in coffeehouses. this was true in boston, new york and philadelphia, at the very least.

and that fire-breathing liberal, california's pete stark, has introduced his resolution suggesting that the federal government only buy fair-trade coffee.

well, it's a start. . .

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